Montana Elk — Hunting District 702

Montana Hunting District 702 covers 1,768,397 acres and lies 9 miles north of Colstrip and 18 miles south of Forsyth. 12% of it is public land, mostly state trust land (6%) and BLM (4%). In 2025, hunters took 263 elk here. The 2026 draw put up 15 tags here for 46 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2026):30 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:49 Public land:12% Size:1,768,397 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunting District 702, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

702-20 Elk Permit 702-20 — Either-sex Elk 15 tags · 46 applicants · Standard

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702-20 Elk Permit 702-20 — Either-sex Elk 15 tags · 3 applicants · Landowner

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Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
702-20 ↗ Elk Permit 702-20 — Either-sex Elk	— No data	—	15 / 46	Standard	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026
702-20 ↗ Elk Permit 702-20 — Either-sex Elk	— No data	—	15 / 3 undersubscribed	Landowner	Sep 5 – Dec 20, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Standard license	$65	$65	$65
Landowner license	$65	$65	$65

Application window: opens Mar 1, closes Apr 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Hunting District 702 within Montana

Hunting District 702 and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

Private 1,556,013 ac · 88%
State trust land 107,341 ac · 6%
BLM 64,016 ac · 4%
Other public 39,788 ac · 2%
County or city land 530 ac · 0%
Bureau of Reclamation 0 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 0 ac · 0%
National Park Service 0 ac · 0%
National Forest 0 ac · 0%
State land 0 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 0 ac · 0%
Tribal 0 ac · 0%

Source: Deer Elk Lion 2026-2027 Hunting District Landcover and Land Ownership Calculations

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Montana's figures blend mandatory reporting with a phone and mail survey. FWP does not publish district-level hunter counts for elk or antelope, so success rates are missing for those.